Dinner with my son 6-30-12
Yesterday I cleaned house madly in the morning so I could
make the 12:35 ferry to Vashon for camp.
I rushed out of the house after chatting quickly with Scott’s sister,
Brother-in-law and nephew. They
had stopped by for some tickets to the Historics which is a car show and race
at Pacific Raceways. This is a
huge fundraiser for Children’s Hospital and we go every year. We usually see Kathryn’s neurosurgeon there,
as he is big into cars and races himself.
Anyhow I had to rush off and was not able to spend much time with them
at all.
So I get to the ferry and other people are in line. The time is 12:35, which is sailing
time and the ferry is still there not taking on any cars. There was still a tanker truck on the
ferry and they seemed to be maneuvering the ferry around like they were trying
to get it to line up with the landing better. At 12:45 I got out of the car to ask a couple of people if
there was a 12:35 ferry and each person seemed to think there was. So being who I am I walked down to the
ferry booth and asked. No ferry
until 1:40. The 12:35 is only on
weekends. Thank goodness the Taste
of Tacoma was going on. I walked
up to the park and checked it out.
Once I arrived at camp I was put to work. We had to pack up all of the Arts and
Crafts stuff. There is a lot of
stuff. Dinner at camp was outside
for Bar-b-Que. And then the dance. Wow! The kids love the dance. The staff decorated the place so great and everyone was all
dressed up. I was in charge of the
tattoo table. I’m not sure who
liked getting tattoos better the staff or the campers.
After the dance everyone headed up to the other
building. We watched a slide
show. It was made up of pictures
some of the campers had taken during their photography sessions and pictures
taken by the adult photographers of campers. What I really noticed is how the kids and staff cheered for
all of the campers. The cheers were
extremely loud for the campers with the most medical problems. It was wonderful. At the end of the slide show there are
some long good-byes and this is when campers shed a great deal of tears. They love each other and camp so much
that it is hard to see it come to an end.
So today (Saturday) was one of those lazy days. I was pretty tired because I got home
late. I think the emotional part
of camp makes me tired too. I took
Princess for a walk and did a little laundry. I also went shopping but most of all I waiting to see
Richard.
Richard came home for a short spell and had dinner with
us. I thought a lot about him this
week knowing camp would be difficult for him as it would be his first time
without Kathryn. He has a lot of
people there who love him and are watching out for him. I’m very thankful for that. A couple of days ago I laid on his bed
thinking about him. When Kathryn
was really sick towards the end he laid backwards in his bed so he could hear
us better in her room. He was
always ready to jump up and help if needed in the middle of the night. Back to dinner. I love having him here. I love that we all sat down to dinner
and he shared with us things about camp.
I love hearing what he did and how things went for him. We had such a nice time just talking at
the dinner table. Just like old
times.
I talked to one of Richard’s friends on the ferry last
night. I said to her at one point
in the conversation, “I hate change.”
I have said this before. I
know change happens but I like my life to be consistent and have the people
around me that I love. I don’t
like people to go away and make things different. But we have to deal with change as it comes. As she and I talked tonight happiness
came up. We all make our own
happiness. I shared with her the
time Kathryn had told me that her boyfriend had taken her happiness away when
he broke up with her. I told her
that no one can take your happiness and that you make your own happiness. Your happiness is inside of you and
only you have control over it.
I saw Richard off as he headed to Seattle for the Camp Staff
party. As I stood there her
pointed out a panda pin that was pinned to his nametag. He asked me if I saw it. I said that I had noticed it earlier in
the week. One of the staff had
given it to him and she also had one for his girlfriend Bee. He remembered that this same girl gave
me a panda necklace earlier this week too. I was glad that he had pointed this out to me. I will see him soon as we are going to
the Sounders game on the 7th.
He is bringing Lauren with him.
She is a sweet girl and she is looking forward to it. It will be a fun night. It will be good for all of us to go out
and have fun.
Tomorrow Scott and I are going to the Historics. It will be fun. I like walking through the pits. Scott knows so many of the people. There is always a famous driver
there. I had my picture taken with
Bobby Unser one time. Scott will
bring his helmet that he gets signed by all these famous guys. Who knows, maybe it will be worth a few
bucks some day. Enough to
retire! Ha! Ha!
Take Care – Good Night
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